justdrew wrote:so if some of you think there is no room for debate, don't engage, but debate is foundational to the point of a forum
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Yeah. But the reality is that my having a different opinion than the one being pushed by the alterna-conspiracy media is somehow always received as an intolerable failure to conform to acceptable non-conformist standards, no matter what I say, including when I'm suggesting that a conspiracy occurred. Which (believe it or not!) I sometimes do think and occasionally even dare to say, although -- tbh -- knowing that my thoughts are going to be received as just so much sheeple-bleating irrespective of what they are is a considerable disincentive to free self-expression. And independent thought, ftm.
I don't know. Truly as I can swear that if people stopped attacking me so unfairly that I couldn't resist responding to it, I'd stop responding -- it really is that simple! -- since they don't, who cares? It really does end up causing more trouble than it's worth. And however un-fucking-fair to me that may be, I can't really argue with it. .
It's painful. But what can you do? Life's not fair.
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